Dan Phiffer
Electrons composing signals representing bits abstracted into data presented as visual and aural stimuli intended to convey meaning
January 22, 2009
Nice write-up on Avital's Academy of Math
âI like the way that artists do art no matter what,â Oliver said. âFor them it is not a science or a discipline, but a way of life, and they will do whatever they have to do in order to be able…
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Audio slideshow from The Guardian on the use of white phosphorous (http://is.gd/fZrC) in the UN school bombing in #Gaza http://is.gd/gP2Y
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Cory Arcangel and Dexter Sinister explain the JPEG compression algorithm
Haven’t read the actual article yet, but I think the concept is interesting. Published in Frieze, which (unsurprisingly) only credits Cory.
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SFMOMA FAQ on Emily Jacir’s Where We Come From (2): See also: Tyler Green on the accompanying wall text. (Click the “all sizes” button to read the text. There’s also a page 1.)
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SFMOMA FAQ on Emily Jacir’s Where We Come From (1): See also: Tyler Green on the accompanying wall text. (Click the “all sizes” button to read the text. There’s also a page 2.)
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January 20, 2009
whitehouse.gov/robots.txt
http://whitehouse.gov/robots.txt and the robots.txt from yesterday: http://tr.im/aw4qComments (View)
Six month pinhole camera exposure (a “solargraph”) of the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, UK. Photo by Justin Quinnell via Astronomy Picture of the Day.
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January 19, 2009
By now it’s commonly understood that “Craigslist is killing newspapers.” But CL kind of sucks! See http://is.gd/gsQk NYT: you can do better!
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If anyone is looking for a long-term Brooklyn sublet starting Feb 7, please DM me. Or if you know anybody who might be…
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January 18, 2009
Cream-o-land brand milk advertises on the carton that it’s from “Real Cows.” Huh.
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I’m a big fan of @kottkedotorg but this blue frame is a bit much for me. If you use the Firefox Stylish extension, a fix: http://is.gd/gmiP
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January 16, 2009
BTW Yeas & Nays launches officially on Jan 20, this is more of a preview of things to come.
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RT @florica try out “Yeas & Nays” on ShiftSpace http://blip.tv/file/1655181/ http://www.shiftspace.org/
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January 15, 2009
Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it)
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